DGFT Notifies procedure for application for site visits, on-site verification
DGFT has amended the Handbook of Procedures to prescribe procedure/guidelines for filing/evaluation of applications for entering into an arrangement or understanding for site visits, on-site verification and access to records/documentation.
An application for entering into an arrangement or understanding involving site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation by a foreign government or a foreign third party either acting directly or through an Indian party as mentioned in Appendix 3 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) shall be made in ANF 2EE to DGFT(Hqrs.), New Delhi. These applications shall be considered by an Inter-Ministerial Working Group (IMWG) in DGFT.
Permission for arrangement or understanding involving site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation will be subject to the following conditions:-
(a) Site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation will be confined to the purpose, sites and activity for which permission given/which have been mentioned in the authorization.
(b) Site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation will be allowed only to individuals mentioned in the authorization.
(c) Site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation shall be concluded during the period mentioned in the authorization.
(d) Exporter/Importer will keep a record of site visit, on-site verification or access to records/documentation alongwith detail of individuals who visited the premises during this visit and produce the same as and when required to do so by the GOI.
(e) No exchange of goods, services and technologies and any documentation including drawings, specification sheets etc. will take place during the visit.
(f) Exporter/importer may be required to give any additional assurance that the Government of India may require.
(g) Any other condition that may be stipulated in the permission.
DGFT Public Notice No. 50/2009-2014, Dated: March 29, 2010